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Democracy Dies in Darkness
“Iran, for generations, was our neighbor. For 47 years under the Islamist regime, it was a threat. Now, it is our enemy.” Abdulkhaleq Abdulla, a political science professor from the United Arab Emirates
guests relax this week at a club in Dubai, a futuristic metropolis where more than 90 percent of residents are foreigners.
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DUBAI — Black smoke rose above Dubai’s international airport Sat- urday morning after an Iranian drone struck near a terminal. That night, a boom reverberated across the Marina neighborhood as debris from another drone slammed into a high-rise tower. By Sunday morning, the shrill blare of missile alerts rang out over mostly empty beach clubs.
More than a week after the United States and Israel attacked Iran, killing its supreme leader, Persian Gulf nations continue to be targeted by waves of Iranian drones and missiles that show few signs of letting up. The un-
UAE, an oasis of stability, shaken by war
Iranian strikes force Gulf countries to take sides in a conflict they opposed
BY RACHEL CHASON
precedented assault has shaken countries that transformed in re- cent decades from sparsely popu- lated desert nations into globally renowned business and tourism centers, calling into doubt their reputations as havens of wealth and stability and forcing them to take sides in a war they publicly opposed.
no place embodies the Gulf’s success — and the threats to it — more than Dubai, a futuristic me- tropolis that is the most populous city in the UAe and where more than 90 percent of its roughly 4 million residents are foreigners. See uaE O n a10
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Nations open oil stockpiles in bid to steady prices
400 million barrels from energy agency
Measures come as war in Iran rattles global economy
BY RACHEL CHASON, EVAN HALPER, SIHAM SHAMALAKH AND TARA COPP
DUBAI — The International en- ergy Agency on Wednesday an- nounced that it would carry out its largest-ever release of oil re- serves — 400 million barrels — in a bid to control spiking energy prices caused by the United States-Israel war against Iran, which shows no signs of slowing as it ends its 12th day.
The plan, aimed at stabilizing oil prices that have soared since the United States and Israel at- tacked Iran on Feb. 28, came as Iranian leaders declared they
were widening their assault on countries in the Persian Gulf, aiming to raise the economic price of the U.S.-Israeli military campaign to oust the government in Tehran.
About a third of global emer- gency stockpiles will be depleted once the IeA’s 32 members re- lease the reserves — a decision that the organization’s executive director, Fatih Birol, said was made to address challenges in the oil market that are “unprecedent- ed in scale.”
“Oil markets are global so the response to major disruptions needs to be global too,” Birol said in a statement. By early afternoon See gulf O n a12
Iranian school was on U.S. target list,
possibly mistaken as a military site
This article is by Tara Copp, Souad Mekhennet, Meg Kelly, Alex Horton and Susannah George
The Iranian elementary school building where scores of children were killed as the U.S. and Israel began their massive aerial cam- paign was on a U.S. target list and may have been mistaken for a military site, multiple people fa- miliar with the strike told The Washington Post.
The deadly attack occurred in the first few hours of the U.S.- Israeli war against Iran — just as parents were hurrying to the two- story schoolhouse to take their
kids home to safety — and killed at least 175 people, many of them children, according to Iranian state media.
It is still not clear why the building was hit, but one person familiar with the school strike said the building had been identi- fied as a factory and had been an approved strike target. A second person familiar said there was an arms depot target located in the same area and did not know if the United States hit the school by mistake, or if U.S. officials had the wrong intelligence and thought the building was the arms depot. See iran On a13
‘Unflattering’ images: Pentagon bars Hegseth photographers. A2
Ukraine talks: Moscow says U.S. can’t be trusted after Iran. A14
Federal panel drops plan to revisit covid vaccines
BY LENA H. SUN
AND RACHEL ROUBEIN
A key federal vaccine advisory panel has abandoned an attack on the covid-19 mRnA vaccines — a shift that comes as some Republi- cans warn that any more changes to vaccine policy could damage the party in the midterms.
Some of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Ken- nedy Jr.’s handpicked vaccine ad-
Kennedy advisers had considered stopping mRNA recommendations
visers had been seeking to poten- tially stop recommending mRnA shots. That plan is no longer mov- ing forward, according to two people familiar with the matter
who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe internal deliberations.
Immunization
In recent months, some mem- bers of the Advisory Committee Practices on (ACIP) have publicly questioned the safety and manufacturing of the shots, including raising a de- bunked theory that DnA contam- inants in the vaccines were harm- ful.
One option under consideration
was a potential vote to withdraw the federal recommendation for covid-19 mRnA vaccines altogeth- er because of those objections, ac- cording to multiple people famil- iar with deliberations who spoke on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter. Such a change could throw into doubt how long insurers would continue to cover the shots free and whether pharmacies would See rfk On a5
Baby left in cart in 1972 meets with women who found her The reunion gives her clarity about her origin story and helps her feel more connected
BY SYDNEY PAGE
ful and healthy.”
Doctors told them the baby was about two or three hours old when she was left in the shopping cart. Gilleland and Marshall both be- lieved the baby’s mother had spot- ted them and thought they were a safe pair with whom to leave the child.
“I think we were being watched. They were looking for the right people,” Marshall said, noting that there were two apartment build- ings behind the parking lot and that perhaps the mother was ob- serving from there.
“It was just the right time and
the right place,” Gilleland said.
From the hospital, the women went to a police station to file a report. The following day, they returned to the hospital to visit the baby, who was temporarily named Jeanne Westgate — Jeanne after one of the nurses who looked after her, and Westgate after the mall.
“We got to say goodbye,” Gille- land said, adding that they were told the baby would be taken to social services and eventually ad- opted.
They said they called the next day to find out what happened to the child but were given no infor- mation.
As the women moved through life, they never forgot about the baby girl, both said.
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Rita Marshall had just un- locked her car when she noticed a shopping cart resting against the front fender. Inside was a brown paper bag — and it was moving.
“I didn’t know what to think,”
Marshall said.
Marshall, then 20, had just seen an evening film with a friend and co-worker, Darlene Gilleland, 23, at Westgate Shopping Center in Fairview Park, Ohio. It was Aug. 20, 1972.
Marshall couldn’t make out what was inside the bag. She stepped closer and bent down.
“That’s when I saw the baby’s face,” Marshall said. “I was shocked.”
She called over Gilleland, who was equally stunned to see a new- born baby. The child was wearing a yellow onesie and was wrapped in a blue blanket.
“She was swaddled really
tight,” Gilleland recalled.
“She was perfect, lying there as
calm as can be,” Marshall said.
Marshall stayed with the baby while Gilleland sprinted back to the theater to call police. Within minutes, five patrol cars arrived. Officers peppered the women with questions, then they rode in the back of a patrol car to the hospital with the baby.
“She got examined there,” Gilleland said. “She was beauti-
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epstein documents A bipartisan group of senators raised concerns in a letter to the GAO that the Justice Department failed to redact names and photos of victims. A3
Jan. 6 display Police say a plaque honoring officers was unlawfully installed in an area of the Capitol that’s not on public tours. A4
the nAtion republicans in the House are struggling to craft a legislative agenda ahead of fall voting. A3 a former DOJ prosecu- tor who proclaimed “this job sucks” will run for Congress. A6
the world a drone assault hit a major U.S. diplomatic facility and sprawling logistical hub in Iraq in a suspected retaliatory attack by pro-Tehran militias to the U.S.- Israel war on Iran. A9
Paralympics magic Arna Albertsdottir of Iceland competes Wednesday in the cross-country 10-kilometer interval start sitting race at the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Tesero, Italy. Oksana Masters of the United States, the most decorated American Winter Paralympian, won the race for her third gold in four events. Wednesday’s feat allowed her to equal the three golds she won at the 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympic Games.
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the economy inflation rose in Febru- ary at a 2.4 percent pace, giving households some reassurance, but the report does not cap- ture the oil surge. A18 a senate bill would claw back pay and bo- nuses of CEOs deemed responsible for the col- lapse of a large bank. A18
st yle the oscars keep missing the moment on best actors, in which nominees can linger on the wait-list for years. B1
sports remembering that night 64 years ago when NBA Hall-of-Famer Wilt Chamberlain hit the century mark. B7
the region High levels of bacteria have been found in a Montgomery County stream two months after a massive sewage spill in the Potomac River. B13
locAl living interior designers share the secret of using mathematics to bring harmony to the home.
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Photographers barred over ‘unflattering’ Hegseth images
BY SCOTT NOVER
The Defense Department has barred press photographers from briefings on the ongoing U.S.-Israeli military conflict with Iran after they published photos of Defense Secretary Pete Heg- seth that his staff deemed “un- flattering,” according to two peo- ple familiar with the decision who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of retalia- tion.
The march 2 briefing came days after a joint military strike on Iran that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on feb. 28. It was also the first time the defense secre- tary had appeared from the brief- ing room podium since June 26.
Several outlets including the Associated Press, reuters and Getty Images sent photogra- phers to the briefing from Heg- seth and Gen. Dan Caine, chair- man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
But after they published pho- tos — which have broad reach
because they are licensed by publications globally — mem- bers of Hegseth’s staff told col- leagues that they did not like the way that the secretary looked. Hegseth’s aides decided to shut out photographers from the two subsequent briefings at the Pen- tagon, on march 4 and march 10, according to the two people familiar with the decision.
In a statement, Pentagon press secretary Kingsley Wilson wrote: “In order to use space in the Pentagon Briefing room effec- tively, we are allowing one repre- sentative per news outlet if un- credentialed, excluding pool. Photographs from the briefings are immediately released online for the public and press to use. If that hurts the business model for certain news outlets, then they should consider applying for a Pentagon press credential.”
White House principal deputy press secretary Anna Kelly de- clined to comment on Hegseth’s decision to shut out reporters.
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Hegseth, a former fox News host, has repeatedly sparred with the press since being confirmed at the outset of President Donald Trump’s second term. Tensions hit a fever pitch in october when hundreds of credentialed Penta-
Defense secretary pete Hegseth speaks at a news briefing march 2 at the pentagon. it is unclear whether one particular photo or the sum total of the day’s shots led to consternation among Hegseth’s staff.
gon reporters turned in their credentials and dozens walked out of the building after refusing to sign a policy prohibiting jour- nalists from soliciting any infor- mation the government did not authorize.
The New York Times and one of its reporters, Julian E. Barnes, have sued the government alleg- ing that the policy violated their constitutional protections of press freedom and due process. That case is ongoing, and a federal judge in Washington is weighing motions for summary judgment following friday’s oral arguments.
After the mass exodus of re- porters, which included The Post, a new, largely right-wing press corps signed on. They later received a December meet-and- greet with Hegseth and a press briefing with Wilson. But until last week, Hegseth had still not done an on-camera briefing for the new crop of media.
That changed after the strikes
in Iran. Hegseth and Caine’s march 2 press briefing was ini- tially meant to involve only new- ly credentialed media, but after the department requested a TV camera from the major broad- cast networks, the journalists their who had relinquished badges negotiated an agreement to allow some of them in the briefing room, a lawyer for the Pentagon Press Association said in court friday.
It is unclear whether one par- ticular photo — or the sum total of the da
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